Several clubs could have sudden vacancies created by unexpected retirements or even managerial moves from one team to another (Gabe Kapler, fired by the Phillies, was unemployed less than a month last year before the Giants hired him). The 22-year-old right-hander entered Wednesday with a 3.38 ERA over nine starts with High-A Eugene, but he likely remains a couple of years away from impacting the big league club, so the Giants could be open to trading him to clear a 40-man spot for a player who can help them win now. Until he signs, the top of the market may find itself in a holding pattern, as Judges decision could help determine what happens with the rest of the top free agents, as the clubs missing out on the slugger will be forced to pivot elsewhere. Solak could also be in the same situation because he was recently optioned to Triple-A. Houston's loss is Detroit's gain, as Hinch takes over a rebuilding organization loaded with young talent. Rodriguez dominated the lower levels as a reliever, but the Giants decided to give him a chance to start this year, which should only enhance his value moving forward. The southpaw is having a bit of a resurgence. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images). As part of our 2022 Major League Baseball award. As part of our 2022 Major League Baseball award selections, here are my top five National League MVP Award candidates: 5) Austin Riley, Third Baseman, Atlanta Braves 159 games,. Counsell was a scrappy utilityman as a player who got the most out of his ability, and he's similarly impressive as a manager. A 30-year-old right-hander, Musgrove went 10-7 with a 2.93 ERA last season and is starting a $100 million, five-year contract. The worst was 2005a season in which they had three different managers. What might the Red Sox look for in a trade? I have written 38 books and more than 20,000 articles about baseball, by a team wanting a winning manager. Are they going to trade away impending free agents Martin Perez and Matt Moore, or will they spend even more in pursuit of the fleeting dream of a postseason berth? Given the top-heavy nature of the free-agent class -- Judge, the four shortstops, deGrom, Verlander and Carlos Rodn are considered to be the clear-cut top eight -- teams unwilling to pay the price for those players might be swayed to turn to the trade market to find impact players. In recent years and especially this offseason, teams are adding more and more coaches (the San Francisco Giants had 15 coaches in 2021, for example) when just 30 years ago, some MLB teams had just four coaches (a hitting coach that often doubled as a first or third base coach, pitching, bullpen, and the other base coach that the hitting coach didnt occupy). He had his first taste of the job last season with the team's Class A Advanced team in Tampa, where he was named the Florida State League's Manager of the Year.Bell has been a hitting coach with the Pirates and a bench coach with the D-backs and Reds, giving him a big league coaching rsum to go with his Minor League managerial experience.Carlos Beltran (Retired player) Conversely, lost causes like the Colorado Rockies, Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Nationals may decide after the season that their current manager has sputtered through too many consecutive losing seasons. Members of MLB front offices are as popular and well known as managers on many teams in today's games, but managers still play an important role in their teams' successes and failures. Carlos Beltran Beltran is one of the younger managerial candidates this offseason. This year, Iglesias signed with the Rockies for one year and $5 million to play shortstop. That could leave Grossman as the odd man out. Fredi Gonzalez During a 10-year managerial career, this bi-lingual Havana native posted a .506 winning percentage, finished first in the NL East with the 2013 Braves, and twice finished third in voting for the Manager of the Year. A hands-on instructor who is well-liked by the players, the former big-league shortstop is always on the field before Braves games conducting individual drills with Atlanta infielders. -- Mark Bowman, Marlins: 1B/DH Garrett Cooper or Jess AguilarUnless Miami turns things around, the club will be a seller. Moving a catcher would be more of a baseball move than buying, given how all three are ready to contribute to MLB wins right now, but this should open plenty of doors for the Blue Jays if they choose to explore it. None of the outfielders on the market are Plan Bs for teams that want Judge and dont get him, the source said. There is baseball to be played in MLB eventually in 2022, and managers still have a large role in the success and failure of their teams. This could also be the first year that ace Shane Bieber hears his name thrown around or maybe another starter. Mattingly deservingly won Manager of the Year last season after the Marlins overcame a COVID-19 outbreak to post a winning record and even find some success in the playoffs. The teams top pitching prospect, Vera, hasnt pitched this year due to a lat strain, but his 2021 season in Rookie ball -- 1-0 in seven starts with no earned runs allowed and 34 strikeouts -- makes him a strong target for teams looking to move a veteran player. -- Jason Beck. Records are current through the start of play on Sunday, July 24. Bob Melvin. 2021 MLB Season Minor Leagues Standings Schedule Fielding Batting Pitching Managers Fielding Standard Fielding Appearances Pitcher Catcher First Base Second Base Third Base Shortstop Left Field Center Field Right Field Outfield Batting Standard Batting Value Advanced Batting Sabermetric Batting Win Probability Spring Training Batting Ratios Awaiting their first chance are Carlos Beltran, Terry Pendleton, and Eddie Perez, all of whom have interviewed before - with Beltran actually winning a job with the New York Mets before fallout. The [+] former MVP hopes to return to the field as a manager. He took over from Tony La Russa on Nov. 3, 2022. Tigers: OF Robbie GrossmanThe Tigers are likely to have a glut of outfielders later this season once top prospect Riley Greene arrives, Austin Meadows recovers from vertigo and Akil Baddoo returns from Triple-A Toledo. Matt Quatraro Quatraro is the bench coach for one of the most innovative franchises in baseball, the Rays. If you arent going to spend big on the top guys, youre going to have to look at the other 29 rosters to find high-end pitching.. The argument for drafting a quarterback. It is easy to look to designated hitter Nelson Cruz as a trade chip, but if a team is looking for an everyday position player, Bell stands out. He's interviewed for managerial positions previously, and the White Sox could be his chance. The last four-plus weeks have gone sideways for the club, but Iglesias is hitting a steady .314 and has avoided the home-road ups and downs. Another free agent, Luis Enrique stepped down as Spain manager after a round of 16 exit at the hands of Morocco at the 2022 World Cup. 3 prospect, Campusano, has posted a .900 OPS or better in three straight Minor League seasons and figures to be central to trade talks. -- Keegan Matheson, Orioles: 1B/OF Trey ManciniThough he and the Orioles added a mutual option for 2023 to his deal, Mancini has acknowledged that it does little to change his future in Baltimore. Meanwhile, a number of players who were once thought to be bargains long-term Yon Moncada, Tim Anderson, Eloy Jimnez, Luis Robert are becoming more pricey. Randy Flores, St. Louis Cardinals, director of scouting Flores, who was believed to be in the mix for the New York Mets general manager job last winter before it went to Billy Eppler, brings an . Paying Lance Lynn and Dallas Keuchel a combined $36.5 million for 15 pre-All Star break starts with a 7.68 ERA wasn't part of the plan, either. 1 prospect Gabriel Moreno on the cusp. He lost out to Boone, and although Beltran would have been a welcome addition to many coaching staffs, he opted to spend 2018 with his family before considering his future.Whether Beltran opts to pursue potential coaching opportunities as early as next season remains to be seen, but the soon-to-be 41-year-old has made it clear that he envisions a future in that arena. Head Coach/Player Development Director. He took over Milwaukee in 2015 and posted three consecutive winning seasons from 2017-2019, leading teams that seemed to consistently perform better than the sum of their parts. These past two-plus seasons have been rough, though, leaving Lovullo and Seattle's Scott Servais as the only managers who have both been in their current positions since at least 2018 and missed each of the past four postseasons. Had a long career as a reserve outfielder, similar to current. Since then, the team has been in a bit of a rebuild, but the abbreviated 2020 season was his first without a winning record. Or perhaps we're only one-third of the way through the midseason chopping block. Montoyo is clearly well liked in the Blue Jays clubhouse, and gets a lot of credit for leading Toronto over .500 last year despite being displaced from their home and playing in Buffalo. There's very little to take issue with from Baldelli's track record, leading the Twins to back-to-back NL Central titles in his two seasons. 4 prospect, hes close to untouchable, but teams around the league will be placing calls on this trio given the lack of depth at this position across baseball. As aforementioned, White Sox' Pedro Grifol is the shortest-tenured manager in MLB. He also is coming off his first Gold Glove Award campaign in left field last year. Hed probably only leave the West Coast for a contract rich in years and dollars but the San Diego is open, if hes willing to come back. He did the job well in his first season, finishing 37-23 with some playoff success, to boot, and the team is on the shortlist of the most talented heading into 2021. Still, the team has yet to find the playoff success that fans and ownership expect. -- Christina De Nicola, Mets: SS Ronny MauricioUntil the Mets either trade him or move him permanently to another position, No. 5. He could be an intriguing mix of youth (age) and experience (two. For that reason, for our top 100 managerial candidates, nearly all of these people served on an MLB coaching staff, were an MLB manager since 2017, or are slated to serve on an MLB coaching staff in 2022. He's the longest-serving manager in franchise history. It's not Nevin's fault that Anthony Rendon suffered a season-ending injury, that Taylor Ward drastically cooled off from his hot start, that Jared Walsh can't hit the broad side of a barn in the past month or that Mike Trout is now injured and wasn't quite hitting at his usual levels of excellence before getting hurt. To be sure, "interim manager hospitalized" is a lot different from "interim manager fired," but MLB's most recent three-manager season actually was a double firing. The White Sox's defense ranks near. It had the worst record in the AL in 2020. With the amount of turnover each offseason (and during the regular season) between coaches and managers, its hard for the hardened baseball fan to keep up with who is a coach on their favorite team. There are some other candidates as well with most teams closing in on the midway point of the season. He hit .306 with five homers in 42 games. But Contreras is hardly the only trade chip. If Detroit cant turn its season around, the stretch run could be an opportunity to sort out which of its many young outfielders fit in the long-term picture, such as Derek Hill, Daz Cameron and Kody Clemens. Back when he took the Indians job in 2013, there were questions about whether he could turn the franchise into a winner. Under Chip Hale, they went 69-93 in 2016, but Lovullo flipped the script for a 93-69 record in 2017. In addition to holding an ERA of 3.06, the right-hander leads AL starters in innings pitched (70 2/3), ranks fourth in strikeouts (78), 11th in WHIP (1.00) and 13th in opponents batting average (.211) through 12 starts. The nine-time All-Star hung up his spikes after winning his first World Series championship last fall, closing out an accomplished 20-year career that could land him in the Hall of Fame five years from now.But weeks after riding in the parade through the streets of Houston, Beltran found himself meeting with Brian Cashman and the rest of the Yankees' front office, interviewing for the team's vacant managerial position. Those last five wordsbefore the regular season endsare key here. Between their splashy offseason moves adding to 2020 AL MVP Jose Abreu and their exciting young nucleus of staff ace Lucas Giolito, shortstop Tim Anderson, third baseman Yoan Moncada, second. The former All-Star catcher has put together a solid coaching rsum since retiring in 2007, serving as a catching instructor with the Mets in '08 before joining the Indians as the first-base coach in '09. Hinch is excellent. Getting fired two or three months into your first MLB manager gigin which you had two of the best players in all of baseball and still struggled to win a single seriesis a stench from which a coaching career may never recover. But it doesnt mean that clubs wont be interested in Chicagos ample pitching in the farm system. He has mostly been passed by youngsters Brendan Donovan and Juan Yepez at the corner outfield spots, and the Cardinals would be wise to see what they can get for the veteran. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images). Ausmus, who played for the Astros, was reportedly a candidate for their manager job that eventually went to Dusty Baker. While we will consider some of the retired managers of recent years, one that we will not is former Twins and Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire, since he retired due to medical concerns. Had the team gotten swept by the Giants, LaRussa very likely would have gotten canned. Now, teams have coaches with titles that the common fan may not even understand. Servais has two winning seasons in five years with Seattle, as the team has seemingly been caught in between going for it and rebuilding during his time. Some executives at the GM Meetings identified Bryan Reynolds, Pablo Lpez, Corbin Burnes and Sean Murphy among the top potential trade candidates this offseason. The 27-year-old is a perfect candidate for a contending team that needs a line-drive-hitting outfielder who can also play a reliable left field. Despite playing better the past month, a 3-22 start all but killed Cincinnatis chances of being a factor for the postseason. It would also be 20 more wins than last season, which is quite the year-to-year improvement. Awaiting their first chance are Carlos Beltran, Terry Pendleton, and Eddie Perez, all of whom have interviewed before with Beltran actually winning a job with the New York Mets before fallout from the 2017 World Series electronic sign-stealing scandal ended his tenure after 73 days. -- Bryan Hoch, Guardians: Middle infield prospects / SS Amed RosarioThis is the safe answer for Cleveland. No team ever has enough pitching, and at the Trade Deadline, dont be surprised if there is sufficient interest in Quintana. -- Adam Berry, Red Sox:DH J.D. Nov. 3: All managerial vacancies now filled When the regular season ended, five teams were left searching for a new manager. Three other managers were hired just a month before. Maybe those teams get into the shortstop market, or maybe they go the other way and try to sign [Justin] Verlander or [Jacob] deGrom. They picked Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro as their new manager. Cooper has one year of arbitration remaining, while Aguilar has a mutual option for 2023. These next two-and-a-half weeks might provide the answer. 3. Mets GM Billy Eppler agreed, noting that this weeks meetings gave executives a chance to get a feel for what the trade market might look like in the weeks ahead. For the majority of the nine teams completely out of the postseason picture, what's the point in making a change now? (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images), Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports. He also won six AL West division titles. He was the perfect hire for the task. Shildt won NL MOY in 2019, made the playoffs in both 2020 and 2021 and was still let go in October 2021. Long was a finalist for the Mets' managerial job this winter, finishing as the runner-up to Callaway. His four-pitch arsenal is highlighted by his changeup, and command is one of his strong suits. Joe Maddon then became the interim manager for a bit, going 8-14 until McNamara was able to return to the dugout for the final 14 games. If the Braves cant find a team interested in taking a chance on Waters potential, the most attractive chip might be Braden Shewmake. Alomar spent '13 as Francona's bench coach before moving back to first-base coach, where he remains today.In addition to his interview with the Indians, Alomar has been a candidate for openings with the Cubs, Red Sox and Blue Jays, falling short each time. As they left Las Vegas on Thursday, club executives had a far better idea of what might be out there for the taking on the trade market. It's just a question of whether that decision will be made before the end of the regular season. 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